Name meanings = irony

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:28 am

I was reminded the other day that my name means "worthy of love," which is pretty ironic, considering how much luck I have with that aspect of my life. Meanwhile, my son Edward's name means "protector of wealth," which is absolutely fricking hysterical...

So, anyone else feeling inappropriately named?

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:51 am

I'm named after Christopher Columbus. I'm not a huge fan of the guy, and I'm not sure what the name means.

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:04 am

[quote]cope1 pronunciation
intr.v., coped, cop

Col · Post by **Col** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:16 am

Once I find out what my name means, I'll let ya know.

Protectmyballs · Post by **Protectmyballs** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:31 am

real name = "friend of god"
hebrew name = "laughter"

I'd like to think those are both true.

Although my girlfriends name is a derivitive meaning "born on christmas" which is funny considering she was born on halloween.

AndrewTaylor · Post by **AndrewTaylor** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:33 am

Were her parents computer programmers? They get Christmas and Halloween mixed up a lot.

My name means "manly" which isn't a great description, but it's not bad enough to be ironic either. Oddly enough, I've met girls called Andrea and even Andrew, which both mean the same thing. That is ironic.

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:07 am

My real name means "truth." I sort of live by my name...

I guess that's not really ironic, though.

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:11 am

My real name means humble.
My real middle name... Any deep meaning I do not know but it is the Swedish word for shoulder.
My surname is a location of some sort.

My forum alias is a title, roughly equivalent with Emperor.
Not really humble at all is it?

Nicotine · Post by **Nicotine** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:16 am

I googled my name, which is Nicolette (I was named after Nicolette Sheridan @_@). The only meaning I could find was "people's victory" o__O

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:21 am

My first name means "Christ bearer." My last name means "hatchet foot."

So apparently, I could be trusted to hold the baby Jesus even though I am clumsy with sharp objects.

Specterz · Post by **Specterz** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:22 am

My name is Erik, yes, just like the Viking.
Which is ironic, because I'm a thin, scrawny fella who couldn't grow a beard if his life depended on it.
I do like to pillage other countries though... hmmm...

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:25 am

Quick checkup on a name site reveals that my middle name is a derivate that means "father of peace".

My first name has also been carried by a few kings...
For a humorous anecdote: My mother and father named me and my brother in an attempt to pick names that noone else in the extended family had, while our middle names are from our grandfathers.
Turns out, my grandmothers (on my fathers side) uncle and father carried exactly the names me and my brother carry today. So much for originality.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:43 am

First Name: Female sheep. In a biblical sense it also has the equivalent meaning of "dumb blond" or "trophy wife."

I've yet to forgive my mother.
Middle Name: Bitter

Last Name: city in Lower Saxony (that's Germany)

And for PeppermintAfterlife and Nicotine....

Christopher: One who carries Christ. Patron saint of travellers.

Nicolette: Victorious (French variation of Nicole (which is the feminine form of Nicholas)

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:45 am

I really like my real first name because it's horridly original. I can look it up on Google and only get 37 results, many of which are my own. Pretty neat, huh?

Ironically, my complete handle gets more hits on google than my first name.

Humbug · Post by **Humbug** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:12 am

My chinese name: Little sister, which is basically true.

My English name: Love; this I'm not so sure.

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 7:31 am

My first name is Healer...which given the most famous Jason out there is laughable to say the least.

My last name is german for....according to my father..."Man of the sea"

I think he's just yanking my schwansthucher. I believe Siebels is actually a vairation of Seibolds, which is the combination of the german "sigi" or victorous and "bald" or couragous. Which given my German ancestory, and my rather militant temper when confronted, does seem to hold true.

Fading Aura · Post by **Fading Aura** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:19 am

My real name translates to "valiant little king farmer" (first, middle and last). As far as I know, I'm not any of those at present.

Netpoet · Post by **Netpoet** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:29 am

I hate my real name. Matt Summers. Want to know why?

... Google it. Very NSFW... I share the same name as a gay porn star. Gack!!!

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:50 am

I don't actually like Wine. Does that make Burgandy ironic?

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:52 am

My name is apparently adapted from a surname, and means Hayclearing.

I've only found one resource that says that, though. Most are silent on the subject, and a few have contradictory terms that start with H, which somehow look to me like they were filled in at the last second for marketability reasons.

It isn't ironic, but I think it's funny.

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